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In most cases it points to the TPM not being enabled, so its worth checking the BIOS to see if this has been enabled, and also the device specification to check the device comes with a TPM on the motherboard.

I appreciate it is policies and procedures that make you compliant. I am treasurer to a couple of clubs and hold data on the computer. I wish to encrypt so if someone steals my pc or backup harddrive (I use SyncToy) they will have to know the encryption key to access info. I do password ***** the excel files that I use for those clubs.The other answer to the other question is that there is no error when encrypting the removable drives or USB stick. When I view them in Explorer it looks blank unless I enter the encryption code.

Ok so bitlocker will not encrypt the content which is going on to the cloud. The way it works is it encrypts the drive not the files, so for example you could email a file to someone and its not encrypted.

The best option is to use something like PGP which can package up the files into an encrypted file, and you need a password ***** open the file, or ZIP the files up using a password ***** enable encryption WinRar offer this function, but that would only be needed for when storing the content on non-encrypted media which bitlocker would be managing.

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